Make-A-Ball Personalized Softball Review

I don't know about your kids, but my 9-year-old daughter loves to play with balls.  In fact, she is often very protective of them.  And the quality of her balls is often not that good.  And there is really nothing that special about them.  So even with her protective nature, she often leaves the balls outside, and they easily get ruined by the elements or our animals.  And then I have the supreme joy (hah!) of replacing them.

I am so glad that I discovered a phenomenal company called Make-A-Ball.  This is a company that was created for the sole purpose of making special, personalized balls.  These make ideal, unique gifts for the sport enthusiast or athletic person in your life.  You can personalize these balls with family photos and more.  At this point, the company is able to personalize the following kinds of balls:

• baseball
• softball
• football
• volleyball
• hockey puck
• soccer ball
• basketball
• accessories (various cases and stands for displaying these balls)

For my review, I specifically asked for a softball since the recipient was is my daughter.  And the company was very happy to oblige.  I sent in some special pictures of my daughter's cats, and I requested the colors I would like used.  I also requested that the writing be something about "my cats."  And in about a month, this is what arrived in the mail.

I was absolutely astounded!  I had a hand in creating it, but I honestly have to give credit to their design team!  My daughter was so excited to receive this, and I have even allowed her to play with it inside.  It is fully functional, but I have discovered that my daughter protects this ball with a degree of devotion I have not seen from her other balls.  I have never seen this outside in the weather nor in the dog's mouth.  She loved the colors, and the pictures were stunning.  Never in my wildest dreams would I have dreamed that this would have been such an amazing product.  I knew it would be good, but I had no idea how good!

With the holidays fast- approaching, now is the time to think about the athletic or sports person on your list.  Although Make-A-Ball is a great company, know that you will have at least a month's wait (possibly 5 weeks) to receive your product.  That is why it is imperative that you begin now if you want a personalized ball under the tree this Christmas.  Imagine the smiles on Christmas morning!

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I received this product through Karma Media in exchange for my honest review.

This Day in History November 30, 1887

This is a picture from this date (Thanksgiving) in 1887 when the first ever softball game was played.  It happened in Chicago where a group of about 20 men gathered in a gymnasium to hear the outcome of the Harvard-Yale football game.  Following Yale's victory, one of the men (a Yale alumnus) picked up a boxing glove and threw it at someone (a Harvard supporter) who hit it with a pole.  George Hancock (considered the inventor of softball) called out "Play ball!" and the rest is history.  This first game was played with a tightened boxing glove as a ball and a broomstick for a bat.

This new game was called "indoor," "indoor outdoor," or "indoor baseball," and was later renamed softball by Walter Hakanson  in 1926.  Other names throughout the years have been "kitten ball," " pumpkin ball," "diamond ball," and " mush ball."  I am not a sports enthusiast, so I apologize if I am not overly excited about this fact in history, but I did find the evolution of the sport quite interesting.  Softball tends to be something that women play (so I thought), and here is was developed by a group of men.  Go figure!

For a lot more information, check out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softball
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art11423.asp
http://www.sanjeev.net/trivia/george-hancock-invented-a-new-game-on-november-30-1887-it-wa.html